Breakfast Rice

Breakfast risotto made with dates and saffron. Strangeness aside, it’s great for those occasions when you really don’t know what you want to eat – when otherwise it’s cornflakes. It’s based on a recipe from up north (Iranian, that is, not Yorkshire), a region which is often the source of much merriment on account of its rice-eating habits. This will feed 4 as a sizeable snack.